"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit."
Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.

Friday, 19 September 2008

Dawkins, clergymen, the Royal Society and Monty Python

Professor Richard Dawkins compared putting a clergyman in charge of education at the Royal Society to a Monty Python sketch, according to the Daily Telegraph...

...mmmm, weren't many of the founders of the Royal Society clergymen?

It also happens that this 'clergyman' has written extensively about the principles and practice of science education at both primary and secondary level; has directed a number of research, evaluation and curriculum development projects funded by:

the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

British Council, British Ecological Society

Department for Education and Skills

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Economic and Social Research Council

Field Studies Council

Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Institute of Physics

London Challenge

London IDEAS Genetics Knowledge Park

National Endowment for Science

Nuffield Foundation, Technology and the Arts

Nuffield Foundation, Planet Science

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Society of Chemical Industry

Wellcome Centre and Wellcome Trust.

He edited the Cambridge University Press Advanced Biology Series and was previously a Vice-President of the Institute of Biology.